| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Sneaking | 0:45:13 - Criminals steal furs | ascending | carrying | crime | criminal | gangster | robbery | sneaking | sneaky | stairs | stealing | store | thief | walking |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Going up a ladder | 1:17:41 - Rocky climbs up an escape ladder | agitated | ascending | climbing | conflict | dramatic | gangster | ladder | leading man | mickey-mousing | street | up |
| Crime School (1938) | Policeman walks up stairs | 0:12:47 - Cop walks up the stairs to Sue's flat | advance plot | ascending | building | mickey-mousing | mysterious | police | up |
Crime School (1938) | Explosion | 0:57:21 - Mark pulls Squirt out of the boiler room | action scene | ascending | boiler room | destruction | dramatic | exploding | explosion | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | stairs | teenager | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Mark Saves Boy | 0:57:29 - Mark carries Squirt up the stairs | action scene | ascending | hero | heroic | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | stairs | teenager | walking |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:08:53 - Wally looks for Mildred | action scene | ascending | down | dramatic | falling | friend | hurrying | knocking | mickey-mousing | room | searching | setup | suspenseful | underscoring | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally goes upstairs | 0:09:28 - Wally ascends the spiral staircase | action scene | ascending | dramatic | friend | mickey-mousing | room | spiral staircase | stairs |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Runs upstairs | 1:24:04 - Veda runs up the stairs | angry | antagonist | ascending | conflict | daughter | mickey-mousing | room | stern |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Tragic) | 1:24:04 - Veda watches her daughter leave | angry | ascending | conflict | heroine | leading lady | leaving | mickey-mousing | room | stern |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Sanctus (Maestoso) | 1:36:06 - Jerry and the boys walk up the stairs | angelic | ascending | leading man | priest | resolution | room | stairs | teenager | The End | transcendence | triumphant | up |
